Mu Sochua (Photo: Heng Chivoan, The Phnom Penh Post)Monday, 07 July 2008
The Mekong Times
Violence against female parliamentary candidates is discouraging women from entering politics, claims a joint NGO statement issued yesterday.
Staff from the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) and the Committee of Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) were among those to condemn “inhuman acts” such as a reported assault upon Mu Sochua, secretary-general of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party and parliamentary candidate for Kampot province.
“According to Licadho in Kampot province and CPWP [Committee to Promote Women in Politics] staff who have met the bystanders, Ms. Mu Sochua’s hands were twisted so hard by a driver and his two associates that her two blouse buttons were removed in front of the public,” the statement said. “Worse, the scuffle lasted for 30 minutes without any intervention from the competent authorities.”
Apparently, the assault came after Mu Sochua attempted to photograph a car with army number plates taking part in electoral campaigning.
The attack contravenes women’s rights enshrined in the Cambodian Constitution and violates election law, the statement continued, as well as undermining the government’s development principles.
“Such an assault in public has spoilt her [Mu Sochua’s] dignity and nobility as a Khmer woman and can be an intimidation and barrier to women involving themselves in politics.”
Secretary General of the National Election Committee, Tep Nytha, yesterday agreed that anyone using state property during electoral campaigning is “violating the election law, and if any political party which saw those using such property should take a picture of them as evidence to make a complaint to the commune committee to solve the case.”
But he said that Mu Sochua’s use of her “authority” to block vehicles is “beyond her authority [as] a parliamentary candidate,” recommending that charges of physical abuse be investigated by the courts.
“I want to reaffirm that the NEC has power to tackle only issues associated with elections such as the use of state property and overuse of rights by political representatives. So, the court will solve complaints associated with [physical abuse] such as the spraining of arms … People who violate [election law] should be warned or deleted from voting lists or fined 5 million riel [around US$1,250] to 25 million riel [around US$6,250].”
Tep Nytha pointed out that violence has been low in this electoral campaign compared to 2003, although authorities are investigating “two politically motivated crimes.”
“When we obtain precise evidence,” he concluded, “we will publicize it.”
Staff from the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) and the Committee of Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) were among those to condemn “inhuman acts” such as a reported assault upon Mu Sochua, secretary-general of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party and parliamentary candidate for Kampot province.
“According to Licadho in Kampot province and CPWP [Committee to Promote Women in Politics] staff who have met the bystanders, Ms. Mu Sochua’s hands were twisted so hard by a driver and his two associates that her two blouse buttons were removed in front of the public,” the statement said. “Worse, the scuffle lasted for 30 minutes without any intervention from the competent authorities.”
Apparently, the assault came after Mu Sochua attempted to photograph a car with army number plates taking part in electoral campaigning.
The attack contravenes women’s rights enshrined in the Cambodian Constitution and violates election law, the statement continued, as well as undermining the government’s development principles.
“Such an assault in public has spoilt her [Mu Sochua’s] dignity and nobility as a Khmer woman and can be an intimidation and barrier to women involving themselves in politics.”
Secretary General of the National Election Committee, Tep Nytha, yesterday agreed that anyone using state property during electoral campaigning is “violating the election law, and if any political party which saw those using such property should take a picture of them as evidence to make a complaint to the commune committee to solve the case.”
But he said that Mu Sochua’s use of her “authority” to block vehicles is “beyond her authority [as] a parliamentary candidate,” recommending that charges of physical abuse be investigated by the courts.
“I want to reaffirm that the NEC has power to tackle only issues associated with elections such as the use of state property and overuse of rights by political representatives. So, the court will solve complaints associated with [physical abuse] such as the spraining of arms … People who violate [election law] should be warned or deleted from voting lists or fined 5 million riel [around US$1,250] to 25 million riel [around US$6,250].”
Tep Nytha pointed out that violence has been low in this electoral campaign compared to 2003, although authorities are investigating “two politically motivated crimes.”
“When we obtain precise evidence,” he concluded, “we will publicize it.”
46 comments:
Oy....I hate this granny too much. Her face is so ugly.
Say one thing and do another thing different is the Communist CPP's principle.
Ms Soc Hua
You are a brave cambodian woman amongst the rest. Gradually cambodians see that violence needed to be stopped.
This simply propmts voters to vote out animal like CPP officials and their associates.
Neang SA
Oh no she look alot better then your mother and your three monkey father that put their SPERM together to create you , you must an uneducate criminal SON OF THE BITCH just like your three criminal MONKEY FATHER ( HUN SEN , HENG SAMRIN and ah CHEA SIM).
Do you think you are smart to judge people how they look or the way they looks? You should rethink and judge people the way they acts. Think how is you action?
When you attack a woman that is obviously not an act of heroism!!!
I heard that this woman blamed that a CPP man wanted to rape her in public. Oh...it's really funny! I think that guy must be mad or drunk. She's not whore, a politician. She's tasteless. Hahahaha
NRP Supporter
10:52
NOW POST YOUR PICTURE ONLY AND WE'LL BE THE JUDE OF YOUR UGLY FACE
10:52
NOW POST YOUR PICTURE ONLine AND WE'LL BE THE JUDE OF YOUR UGLY FACE
Oh...Yeah 11:19AM So, who is tastefull? Mrs. Phally? I wanna try. Can your Great Prince grant me one night when I vote for his party?
You guys are so fuck up by your political party that you have lost all reason.
You have fallen pretty low.
Why all her supporters and SRP members did not interfere. Are they chicken out ?.It's really hard to say khmers people are brave.They are coward for sure.If war broke out between yuon and khmer or Thai and khmer, are they going to stand up and fight or just raise the white flag and surrender.In Ms MU SOCHUA's case all her supporters should stand up and defend her or at least protect her .
You guys here are not real politicians. You are slaves of politician.
Meeh Jkout (Mu Sochua) is have some type of nightmare syndrome. She need to sleep with some Zimbabwean to help calm her down during a nightmare attack.
11:22AM did you mean Mrs. Phalla, the most favourite of Prince Rannaridh?
As we all know that , most of the CPP officers are a criminal , they use their power and money to buy or force young under age virgin girl to having sex with them and treat them as a sex slave , after they finish with her they either kill her or abuse her , that the way those animals live their life.
What they did to Mrs Mu Sochua is what they ENJOY doing to our KHMER PEOPLES , WE need to get rid to end this monster as soon as possible.
They are just low dogs at the service of the CPP.
They don't have any shame at all like their boss Hun Sen.
Hey Hun the world is watching you dog.
11:25 AM
A very good point you have made!
What were these animals and their boss thinking?
Hun Sen that was really low of you.
You still a big idiot.
You are very uncivilized.
MR SAM RAINSY will HELP all the these peoples in this blogge that represent for HUN SEN , to deport back to HANOI after he win the election , don't worry dog he won't harm stupit dog like you , he a good CAMBODIAN hero.
Mrs Mu Sochua , MAM .. you are my SUPER HERO and KHMER peoples hero.
Just becareful with those monster event their mothers they abuse them too , But it ok for them , it their fault to PRODUCE those animal out to this world .
GOD will protect you Mrs MU Sochua.
Ms Mu Socchua,
You have the look of kindly Khmer Woman.A beautiful Heart for Khmer Nation.
Mee=Kar Chrourk Bunranny cannot compare to your noble Acts.
Pls keep up your Decent Works for Cambodia & its People.Thanks.
Mrs Mu Sochua , you will take something so beutiful to CAMBODIA , That beutiful thing would be a free dome for all KHMER peeoples.
Thank you MAM..GOD LOVE YOU
Is Mrs. Mu Sochua really our Khmer Hero? How can we judge such a politician to be our nation's hero? What is the concrete definition for Hero?
She did many things to raise the problem of women right when she was minister of women affair. She created Neary Ratannak. She took the issue of Australian man to the Australian Embassy when that man fled Cambodia after being accuse of sexual abuse with Khmer women.
Oh good, that's what you get for attacking CPP members.
The SRP is too violent. They must be stopped.
I would like to condemn to the idiots who have violated against Mrs Mu Sok Hour. She needs to be respected as well as any highest leaders in the land. Those idiots should should be punished as low as animals. They should be put in animals case and be rallied from town to town to warn others not to repeate again. If Khmer won't respect your fellow khmers, the last khmer who can survive from these self-destruction will be displayed by Vietnam as a monky. Areak Prey
The wild bitch is culpable for own foolishness. She must thought she's the untouchable or something when she decided to attack our general with an axe.
She got what she deserved; what is she complaining about?
ចុះអាឆ្កួតណាអីក៏ដាច់ដាបម្ល៉េះ ទៅចាប់ហែកអាវគាត់កណ្តាលហ្វូងមនុស្សបែបនេះនោះ?
<<< I do not think it is a good forum to attack each other. We all ,Cambodian, should keep our social value and courtesy >>>
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គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានឹងឈ្នះលំដាប់ទី១
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Why no members SRP left her alone to fight against the lackey Yuon Xen? They must be educated as a hero like the president Sam Rainsy.
I am happy to see this woman be strong. She is a proud woman!
Mrs. Mu Sochua is a very wonderful woman.
She is very intelligent that Cambodia needs her all the time.
I and all the people in Phnom Pehn like her alot. 100% people in PP voting for SRP right now.
Cause we want change!!
You bet!
SRP is in the leading now. That's why they (CPP) not happy and try alot of tricks to intimidate others.
All please vote for the right leader. And Sam Rainsy is the one!!!
all bad behaviors pass down from the head of this government. Does anyone remember what Bunrany said some time ago? She sai that if she knew that HunSen was this bad, she would never marry him.
I really admire her courage in standing for women. She's a rare role model in Khmer society-a society of men abuse women as slaves. Only the low life, low moral fools like Hun Xen enjoy maltreat women who are actually men cannot live without.
Die quickly, you wild bitch. We are tired of you badmouthing our brothers, sisters, and leaders.
Those good for nothing dogs are pretty jealous Ms Mu Sochua.
Go sleep in your vomit far from her dogs!
Nonsense, people never get jealous at loser.
i know, cambodia, like japan still has a long way to go for women's rights. i think it is in the male dominated culture of cambodia to chastise women and to talk down on them thinking they are less capable than men, in general. may be true once upon a time, however, considering the world is changing everywhere, it is not so true anymore to say so. remember, the old khmer proverb that says: sam nap yong dei srei yong boruos - meaning like the tree roots that holds the earth together from mudslide, women are a pun for that. god bless all khmer women.
continue to fight for your rights, my dear, like women do it all over the world.
No, if that were the case, women would have hated us, but that is not true. A fact of the matter is Khmer women love their men more then Infidel women love their men.
Khmer people everywhere are fortunate to have such a brave woman... who has not forgotten where she comes from, reaches out to those less fortunate, and does not give up. She is fast becoming Cambodia's Aung San Suu Kyi (Burma)... putting her own personal well being aside. Change does not usually come about with high costs... ironically, it is a Khmer woman that is the true challenger of this PM, she has now exposed HS for what he is... her battle is won regardless of the outcome.
I find that Khmer people abroad are largely unaware of these events, please, spread the word amongst your peers.
meant to say, "change does not usually come about without high costs..."
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